Layout

List price: From $139.95 (special low-cost lab packs available for educational sites)
From: Objectives Publishing and Distribution (07) 3279 5551
System requirements: Windows version: Windows 3.x or later, 12Mb hard disk space. DOS version: 286 CPU or later, 640Kb RAM, 8Mb hard disk space.

Layout is an exciting visual software development system that makes building professional quality software easy, fast and enjoyable.

The C++ foundation and open-architecture design means the system is powerful enough for the most professional requirements. Requiring absolutely no coding, it is simple enough to allow non-programmers and students to complete challenging projects within a few hours of opening the box.

Layout's powerful code generating capabilities combined with the ability to create DLLs for use with any language and to use DLLs created with any language, plus provision to incorporate C++ code if desired, make Layout the most flexible productivity tool available. Structure and methodology conform to industry standards, making it perfect for students of programming.

There's an abundance of libraries available for all kinds of special needs. Multimedia programming tools and a powerful multi-user database are included even in the low-cost standard edition.

Technical support is generous. Loads of learning aides are available, including the world-acclaimed Layout course, a comprehensive course in modern software development that is guaranteed to enable anyone who can operate a computer to create high quality saleable software for almost any purpose.

We've included three demos to give you a good taste of what Layout is about:

• A restricted run version of Layout for Windows.

• A demo version of Layout for DOS.

• A mini-contact manager. It took a novice less than one hour to create this sample program using Layout.

Run the Layout demo for Windows now \general\win31\layout\laydemo.exe	Note: This program does not cone with an install routine. To run it from your hard drive you will need to copy everything from the directory listed above to a location on your hard disk.
Run DOS demo of Layout now \general\win31\dosdemo\laydemo.exe	The demonstration will show you how you work with Layout to create programs quickly and easily. We've provided a DOS demonstration, both to avoid problems for users who don't use Windows, and to illustrate Layout's amazing multimedia and graphical user interface capabilities in the DOS environment.
Run Contact sample program now \general\win31\contact\contacts.exe	This program took less than 1 hour for a novice to create this sample program! CAUTION: Occasionally Windows programs behave badly on a system because of version problems with DLLs. Please call our support team if you are unable to operate the sample program correctly.